Explore New Sonic Frontiers with the Spacehawk
The Reverend Reeves Gabrels Spacehawk HT takes semi-hollowbody guitar design to the next level with its highly resonant, chambered korina construction and solid maple top. From Tin Machine to David Bowie to The Cure, guitarist extraordinaire Reeves Gabrels has made eclectic choices throughout his illustrious career — a fact to which Gabrels’ signature Reverend can attest. Spec’d with a duo of Reverend’s flagship HA5 pickups, the Spacehawk offers smooth PAF-style tones with dynamic output and range for modern demands. With its unique forearm contour and Reverend hallmark Medium Oval neck profile, the Spacehawk is beloved by Sweetwater guitarists for its flawless playability. At the same time, its sealed body provides feedback resistance and responsiveness you won’t find in typical semi-hollowbodies. Other unique features include a kill switch and a push-pull polarity switch (in the tone control) to transport your music to new sonic frontiers.
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Top-shelf tonewoods, top-drawer components
As do all Reverend guitars and basses, the Reeves Gabrels Spacehawk HT comprises only the finest tonewoods and components — materials you expect to find on boutique, custom-shop instruments. The Spacehawk is designed from the ground up for high performance, with even the parts you don’t see being top drawer, such as premium 10% control pots and polyester capacitors and a robust Pure Tone Technologies jack with a custom 4-screw jack plate. Reverend uses high-grade korina (white limba) — coveted for its consistency and harmonic richness — for their guitar and bass bodies. For the Spacehawk, a slab of korina is chambered and routed out from the top to create the back and sides (leaving a “center block” to anchor the bridge) before being capped with a solid maple top. The korina/maple combination is highly resonant, a quality that is further enhanced by the Spacehawk’s semi-hollowbody construction.
Semi-hollow resonance, solidbody sustain
The Reeves Gabrels Spacehawk HT delivers the best of both worlds — the warmth and woody vibrancy of a semi-hollowbody, along with the sustain, punch, and pronounced attack of a solidbody. Although it handles like a solidbody, its ventless semi-hollow body imparts a liveliness to its tone that solidbody guitars typically lack. Although “ventless” may seem like an odd word choice more suited to household appliances, here we’re referring to a sealed body cavity without an F-hole or any other means of allowing the natural acoustic sound generated inside to escape. This, combined with the instrument’s korina/maple body construction, gives the Spacehawk a very unique tone — one that’s eminently sculptable, thanks to the instrument’s powerful and flexible electronics, anchored by a pair of Reverend’s quintessential HA5 humbuckers. These PAF-style pickups are overwound with Alnico V magnets, offering dynamic output and range whether you're looking for weighty rhythms or soaring leads.
Reverend Guitars: expertly crafted and designed with the player in mind
From humble beginnings working out of a Detroit-area garage to worldwide praise and presence on the globe’s biggest stages, Reverend Guitars has solidified its place as a reliable source of exquisite guitars and basses. The brainchild of designer and luthier Joe Naylor, Reverend instruments are found accompanying many of today’s most influential players, including Billy Corgan, Reeves Gabrels, Meshell Ndegeocello, Matt West, and many others. Now based in Toledo, Ohio, Reverend’s firm commitment to quality and exceptional tone is found in every instrument, each donning custom-shop components to deliver the purest sound possible. Sweetwater is delighted to bring you this formidable lineup of innovative musical instruments.
Reverend Guitars Reeves Gabrels Spacehawk HT Features:
- Semi-hollow korina body with solid maple top for unique hybrid tone
- 3-piece korina neck with Reverend hallmark Medium Oval profile
- Ebony fingerboard, 12-in. radius for playability and comfort
- Overwound PAF-style HA5 pickups with Alnico V magnets offer dynamic output and range
- Dynamic controls with a 3-way pickup switch for versatile application
- Top drawer parts for high performance from the ground up
- Combines the warmth of a semi-hollowbody with punch of a solidbody
